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Hola Familia!

I did an easy week of teaching masterclasses for one high school this week after coming back from the family reunion and I am feeling okay! I thought I would be exhausted! I am looking forward to this weekend’s reactions. It looks like I’ve got a lot of variety!

Music Time!

🎀BAND-MAID Sunday:

We did it! We got through the “ENERGETIC” mini-album together and it was a fun ride! I loved every single song on there, but I think “CAGE” ended up being my favorite. Anyway, we continue our journey through the Conqueror album with “The Dragon Cries.” For years I have had many people tell me that I needed to check out this song and now here we are! Let’s get it!

🅿️PATREON Extras: - patreon.com/nittpiccreacts

🔹Yes - “Roundabout”

When I saw this one coming up, I thought I didn’t know anything from YES. I looked them up on Google just to see if there was anything I might know, and it turns out that I have heard one song by them on one of my favorite video games growing up. I loved playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and I used to drive around the cityscape listening to Flash FM in-game and hearing many songs from the 80’s. This was the first time I had heard “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” I have never heard “Roundabout” so I am excited to check it out. Also...this band has been around for what seems like FOREVER, so we are going to dive into some history with them!

🔹So I’m a Spider, So What?, Aoi Yuki - “Ganbare Kumoko-chan” (Hang in there, Kumoko-chan)

When I see that name Aoi Yuki I think of Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries. Her career is so much more than this though. She began as a child actor at 4 years old and then broke out into voice acting in 2003. She is also a singer who started releasing singles since 2010! In this reaction today, we are checking out her voice acting and singing combined. I’m excited for this! Also...is “So I’m a Spider, So What?” a good anime? It looks interesting to me.

🔹BAND-MAID Prime - Acoustic Okyuji, March 20th, 2024, Part 3

After a long week of getting back into teaching and coming home from an...interesting family reunion, I am ready to relax and listen to the final part of the acoustic okyuji. I plan on crackin’ open a cold one and REALLY enjoying this one. I hope you’ll join me!

🈁ANIME Reactions Coming Up:

🔺BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! - FINISHED!

⭐NEW⭐Ave Mujica-The Die is Cast, S.1, Ep.1 - Sub rosa.

🔹Serial Experiments Lain - S.1, Ep.13, “Ego” - FINAL EPISODE!

🔹ReLIFE - S.1, Ep. 13, “Confession”

🔹Princess Tutu - S.1, Ep.20, “A Forgotten Story”

🔹Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End - S.1, Ep.20, “Necessary Killing”

🔹Haikyuu!! - S.2, Ep.1, “Let’s Go to Tokyo”

🔹The Apothecary Diaries - S.2, Ep.46, “Royal Guard”

🔹Assassination Classroom - S.1, Ep.11, “Transfer Student Time/2nd Period”

I’m not going to lie to you guys. I’m still coming down from the family reunion. Is that weird? I have moments from it playing through my mind every time I have a moment to just...not think? Is that good or bad?! I have a full day of teaching next week with 2 high school flute sectionals. I am hoping I can mentally survive teaching music from 11AM to 4PM everyday!

I hope you are doing well!

Con Amor,

💜NittPicc💜

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Spadeas

About "So I’m a Spider, So What?", the anime is mid imo. I read the manga, which is also an adaptation since the OG work is a light novel. In the manga we follow only Kumo (Spider), but the anime switch between Kumo and some humans part, which are less interesting (imo again). So if you count only the Kumo part, it's great, but the score fall when you add the rest ^^'.

Charles Coleman

Very cool Nittpicc! And we are closing in on my favorite from Conqueror, but I won't tell you what it is Po.

P in D

The YES song you mentioned is from their second heyday (Owner of a Lonely Heart) which I mentioned in the line-up. Roundabout is quite early - from the first heyday. As an appreciator of musical things I think you'll dig it as Roundabout does not really sound much like anything else. If I had to pick a song from the second era it would be "Leave It" ... partially because it is more of a choral piece ... and second because I have always liked the MV. Sorry about the length of Roundabout but I think its worth it ;) . The OG's of prog rock - along with the band King Crimson.

P in D

For some reason I know this song. Maybe from another channel or Twitch? ...

Spadeas

It's possible, people love to recomand this one and "Los Los Los", the ending of the first season of the anime Tanya the Evil, because both have Aoi Yuki singing the ending in character voice and are crazy ^^'.

Luis Arispe

Yes! yes yes...hahaha. I love progresive rock and Yes is a must listen. "So, I'm spider so what!" is a bad adaptation of an amazing story. I don't recomend this. I hope, somewhere in time someone reboot this in an anime that does it justice. Aoi Yuuki performance is the best of this awful adaptation.

Bill W

Pumped for Yes. Can't wait for you to be knee deep in that one.

2horses in a man costume

If I were a betting man (and I am), I'd wager you've heard at least a snippet of Roundabout, possibly from the radio edit. It's great at full length. I'm glad to see you looking into Yes, another big musical influence from my youth. I was going to pick one of their songs for you to check out. "Close To The Edge" is probably one of the best pieces of 70's prog ever created, though it's even longer. I would tend to recommend the original studio recordings of anything by them as a first listen. They're magnificent

P in D

18 plus minutes ... you could grab a snack and make a baby while that song played :p ;) .

2horses in a man costume

We *could* set her up with "Thick As A Brick" as well... ...don't think I've seen an hour long reaction, yet